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Jennifer Maduro ’71 visited the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City in January 2015.
The consulting practice of Peg Muschell Jackson ’72, Peg Jackson & Associates, was named 2014 Member of the Year by the Culver City, Calif., Chamber of Commerce.
Anne Kennison was divorced in June 2014 after more than 32 years of marriage. She is grateful to family and friends (including Nancy Patrick Kaye and Jan Cassidy Salerno) for their support. For almost 15 years, she’s been a tech writer (and manager for the past four years) for TriZetto Corporation, a software company. She feels lucky that she enjoys her job so much. Anne still lives in Summit, N.J., but misses her two children, who both moved to Portland, Ore. In September, she, Jan and Nancy hope to get together in Portland, where one of Jan’s daughters also lives. Jennifer Maduro retired four years ago from her job as a public servant in socio-urban-economic development, beautification and environment for her home city of Montreal. She has since reconnected with some classmates, including on Facebook. She hopes to attend our 45th reunion in 2016. Jennifer still thinks fondly of several professors whose teaching she incorporated in her working and offduty life, including B. J. Macklin and Nelly Murstein. She would love to know when any classmates are in town, or if a recent graduate is going to grad school or settling in Montreal. Anne Maxwell Livingston was recently appointed chair of the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, the quasi-public state agency that regulates and manages all coastal activity in Rhode Island. She is involved in local Democratic politics and serves on several nonprofit boards. Anne sees Ronna Reynolds, Pat Adams Sheehan
two children graduate from CC: Erik Gammell ’00 and Laura-Hope Gammell ’10. Fran still works part time in finance with husband Nick at his chemical sales and marketing business. “With a combined family of five adult children, spouses and six grandchildren, life is busy.” Fran also raises alpacas for their fiber for weaving and knitting. In the last few years, Vera Gordeev Lowdermilk has painted several large-scale murals for the cities of San Francisco and Livermore. She now enjoys painting on a somewhat smaller scale: botanical studies of flowers and an occasional commissioned portrait. See www.veralowdermilk.com. Vera lives in the East Bay and stays in touch with friends in Connecticut. The Class sends sympathy to the family and friends of Donna MicklusCiccalone, who died on April 4, 2014. We will miss her very much.
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and Fran Howland Gammell-Roach regularly and looks forward to our 45th reunion next year. Deborah Johnson celebrated her 65th birthday in New York City with husband Russ Harris and their three adult daughters by going to Birdland Jazz Club in Manhattan. She continues to publish the weekly newspaper The Groton Herald, which she started in 1979. Now that Russ has retired, they work together on it and have a great time. Their two younger daughters live and work in New York, so they visit them and enjoy weekends in the city. They are also fortunate to have their two granddaughters nearby in Amesbury. Francine McQuade Bomar and her husband went to graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania. They then moved to the University of Michigan, where they have been in medical school administration for 26 years. They love university life. They have two beautiful daughters: Their younger just took a position at the University of Oklahoma with her husband, while their older daughter lives in Denver. “I would love to hear what my classmates are up to!” Barbara Kahn Stewart and husband Burr went to the Nobel Prize ceremonies in Stockholm in December. Burr’s best friend from college (and best man at their wedding) was one of the Nobel Laureates in chemistry! “It was an amazing experience.” Fran Howland Gammell-Roach still lives in the town where she grew up. She has had the joy of seeing
She set up a solo general practice and is busy with various municipal advisory and public finance representations. Karen met President Bergeron at a CC event at the Merion Cricket Club and was suitably impressed. Karen enjoys seeing alums traveling through Philadelphia. Margo Reynolds Steiner traveled from the Boston area to Philadelphia for a Habitat for Humanity leader retraining; she had led trips to the Kyrgyz Republic and Mongolia some years back and took a hiatus while her mother was ill. Margo will lead a 10-day build in Kavre, Nepal, in September. For more information, contact her at margo.steiner@verizon.net. Lucy Boswell Siegel has taken a big step toward retirement (still a few years off) by selling her public relations company, Bridge Global Strategies, to a midsize integrated marketing company. She is adjusting to having a boss after 10 years of being a small business owner. Ruth Ritter Ladd provides much of the caregiving for her mom, Merion Correspondent: Dr. Peg Muschell Jackson, 1621 Ferris Ritter ’35, who is 100 years old Ptarmigan Drive, Apt. 9C, Walnut Creek, CA and still lives at home with 24/7 help. 94595-3684, peg@pegjackson.com Elizabeth (Crindy) Leahy Stormer Ruth also works full time at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and she and had a mini-reunion in Las Vegas with husband Larry help out their four kids Nancy Lane Carey, Roxane Landers and four grandchildren. They’re still Althouse and Reggie Anderson O’Brien. They visited Red Rock Canyon in their home of 35 years, next door to Ruth’s mom in Lexington, Mass. Ruth National Recreation Area, watched a and Larry raise puppies for Guiding show, enjoyed the nightlife and glitz, Eyes for the Blind. and caught up with each other. Norma Drab Goldstein is working Karen DuBrul returned to on three writing projects, including Philadelphia after three years in D.C. a children’s book, a family history as associate general counsel at the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. and a book of poetry. After publishing
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